The 1982 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members to Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. The was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.
This election was a milestone election in the council's electoral history. It saw the emergence of the new SDP-Liberal Alliance as an electoral force in the borough. The Alliance polled 25.1% and pushed Labour into third place in the popular vote. Labour was the main loser from the rise of the Alliance, polling just behind on 24.6%, its lowest share in a borough election so far. This was also the first election contested by the Ecology Party, the predecessor to what would become the Green Party of England and Wales.
Summary
Election result
Ward results
Berechurch
Birch-Messing
Boxted & Langham
Castle
Harbour
Lexden
Mile End
New Town
Prettygate
Shrub End
St. Andrew's
St. Anne's
St. John's
St. Mary's
Stanway
Tiptree
West Bergholt
West Mersea
Winstree
Wivenhoe
By-elections
St. Anne's
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